Inflatable dress-form



(No Model.)

A. M. GELWIOKS.

INFLATABLE DRESS FORM.

N0. 399,322. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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Min STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ANNA )l. GEIAVICKS, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

INFLATABLE DRESS-FORM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,322, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed January 19, 1889- Serial No. 296,897. (No model.)

To (0Z6 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA M. GELWlCKS, of the city of Decatur, county ofMacon, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain Improved Form forDress-Makers, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide a form over which garmentsmay be fitted, and which may be readily varied in size and modified tosome extent in proportion. I attain my object by means of the devicehereinafter set forth and clainiedv In the drawing accom mnying andforming a part of this specification, (1 represents in dotted lines abust formed of thin uniformlyelastic material impervious to air. Theopenings of the neck, hip portion, and sleeves are closed by blocks orplates 11 c and 71/ 71, respectively. An internal structure to lengthenor shorten the bust and arms, or either, con;- prises rods (1 f f,attached to closure I), rod (1, attached to closure 0, rods f f,attached to closures 7b 71, brace-rods m on, extending from rod (7 torods ff, and turn-buckles e g g. Rods d d and turn-buckle e connectclosures I) and c and regulate the length of the bust. Rods ff andturn-buekles g connect the sleeveclosures with the neck-closure andregulate the length of the sleeves. Braces m m hold rods f in positionand prevent the adjustment of the sleeves from affecting the form of thebust. The turn-buckles c 5 g are right and left threaded, and the endsof the rods conform to this construction. Valve i opens into the formthrough closure 0, and the pipe or tube it enables air to be forced intothe form by means of a bellows or other suitable contrivance.

lVhile the form is empty the structure is shortened or lengthened toconform to the re quired length measures, and the form is atterwardinflated more or less to conform to the required circumferentialmeasurement. The form being originally perfect and the materialuniformly elastic, it will be seen that its tendency is to expand orcontract without changing the proportions, except as affected by theadjustment of the internal structure. This enables a garment to befitted accurately and easily, and insures a more perfect shape thancould ordinarily be got by the more inconvenient way of 'Iittin thegarment to the wearer.

I claim as new and desire to secure bylietters Patent- The inflatableform (I of uniformly-elastic material, the closures Z) 0 h 71, the rods(1 (1, secured t0 the closures I) and c, respectively, and rcverselythreaded at their ends, the reversdy-threaded turnbuckle e, rodsff,connected with closures I) and 71 71., respectively, and reverselythreaded at their ends, the reversely-threaded turn-buckles g g, bracesm m, air-admittin g tube 7;, and valve 2', all in combination, as setforth.

ANNA M. GEIAVICKS.

Attest:

J. (J. lliosrnrmn, L. 'I. GRAHAM.

